If "The Divine Embrace" was to be summarized in one sentence, it would be: "… spiritual life…is union with God fulfilled in a life of contemplation and participation in God's vision for life in this world" (p. 16). Dr. Webber goes back to this statement over and over as he explores spirituality in both the early and present church. This statement is infused with power with another one that appears over and over: "He stretched out His arms of love on the hard wood of the cross" (p. 125), explaining that it is in the incarnation, death and resurrection that we see renewal and new life of not just the individual, but all of creation. This, says Webber, is God's vision: the recapitulation of the heavens and the earth; this is the vision that we are to participate in as we enjoy the divine embrace providing for us an authentic Christian spirituality.
It is clear that Dr. Webber feels that the contemporary church is lacking in a proper understanding of the spiritual life. He emphasizes the "proper" display of the Christian spiritual life as he presents the practice of the early church supported by the writings of the church fathers on the way to his plea to restore the ancient view of spirituality in the modern church.
Traveling on this journey from the foundations of the Church to today, Webber shows how the various ages of the church contributed to its losing the authentic practice of the spiritual life he describes.
Webber spends much time elaborating on the Catholic and Orthodox practices that grew out of the early church as an aid to rediscovering this authentic spirituality. These include the Rules of St. Benedict, the spiritual disciplines, the Lectio Divina, to name a few. He also presents a heightened view of baptism that leaves no doubt to the reader that he is convinced that this is a sacred and essential rite which the modern church has neglect to its peril.
As Dr. Webber discussed the ancient tools and rites of the faith and their appeal to the younger generation of today I was at first concerned that this was going to be a book supporting the Emergent Church movement with the accompanying criticism of the Church, but as I progressed through the book his love for, and commitment to, the Church grew more evident. The final chapters solidify Webbers view that it is, in fact, through the Church and its corporate worship (when done properly) that an individual is able to fully find the "Divine Embrace" or authentic Christian Spirituality.
One of the strengths of this book is Webbers extensive knowledge of the early Church, the Church Fathers and the Church throughout history which he presents as appropriate throughout the book. He does not limit his citations to just one or two primary sources, but draws from the vast expanse of the fathers and patriarchs as he unfolds his view of the spiritual life.
Another strength that comes through is Webbers deep background in worship (this is where I was first introduced to his work). He uses his knowledge and understanding of worship to clearly explain how modern worship services can be improved to be a better conduit for aiding in the worshiper's growth in the authentic spiritual life which the book is presenting.
A weakness of the book, I believe, is Webber's limited dealing with faith traditions other than his own. Undoubtedly, a man of his background would be familiar with more than his own tradition, but in most instances, he writes with the presumption that his readers are in complete agreement. I do not fault him for believing the way he does and sticking to it, but a work that was destined to have wide appeal should at least make allowance for other traditions. For example, many of his examples of spirituality that he is proposing, I have seen in the lives of believers who were "entirely sanctified" or "filled with the Holy Spirit" in a way that is beyond his discussion of the Holy Spirit or sanctification.
Another weakness that I see in this book is the way Webber seems to downplay the "crisis experiences" in the life of the believer. If one just takes what is in this book, they might believe that a person could just slip into salvation without a moment of decision to receive Christ as their Savior. He suggests that especially in the case of a 2nd or 3rd generation Christian, that the faith of the family often is just passed on to the children without that crisis moment when they realize they are in need of salvation.
I would quickly add, however, that the weaknesses noted above are not a great deterrent to my acceptance of the premise of this book. I enjoy Robert Webber's writing and this book did not disappoint me. While I could see the spiritual life he describes lived out in others only using different terms, he still offers much to consider to help the reader grow deeper in their relationship with God and more satisfied in their spirituality taking part in the divine embrace that Dr. Webber offers.
Over the years I have added several of Dr. Webber's books to my library after first meeting him at a worship conference that he presented. As I researched further after completing this book, I was disappointed to discover that Robert Webber passed away back in 2007.
"The Divine Embrace: Recovering the Passionate Spiritual Life" by Robert E. Webber, part of the "Ancient-Future" series, was published in 2006 by Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The International Standard Book Number is 978-0-8010-6555-2.


Before beginning with Peace Is Every Breath Summary let's discuss the Books author Thich Nhat Hanh. He is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and Peace activist, he lives in a plum village spiritual community in the south of France and he travels extensively talking on peace and spiritual value, Thich is a lifelong peace activist dedicated to finding a peaceful solution to conflicts. Thich has written books related to finding out ways and inner peace and inner happiness. Thich has been credited with coining the term "Engaged Buddhism" – a series of teaching which seeks to bring practical Buddhist wisdom into daily life. Thich Nhat Hanh is second influential Buddhist leader in the west, after Dalai Lama-New York Times. Martin Luther King Jr. Nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967.
In Peace is Every Breath book peace activist Thich illuminates that how we people can incorporate the practice of mindfulness into our every waking moment, this book opens the pathway to greater spiritual fulfillment through its patient examination of how we live our lives.
In this part of Peace Is Every Breath Summary, author talks about twenty-four brand new hours, author says that every morning when we wake up, we all have that same brand new 24 hours to live, every new day is a precious gift for us, and we people have the capacity to live that day with peace, joy, and happiness with ourselves and with others. Author says that peace is present everywhere right here and now, peace is in everything we do and we see, author says that we don't need to go too high to enjoy sky, we don't even need to leave our neighborhood or our place to see the joy and smile of a child, we people have the capacity to enjoy and feel the joy in every breath. The author says that we can smile, breathe, eat and walk in such a way that can allow us to stay in touch with an abundance of happiness joy and peace.
The author says that every step we take, every mile we walk has peace, we people just need to be present at that moment, this book contains various bell of mindfulness, this bell reminds us that happiness is possible ONLY IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. This book brings a reader to the present moment and teaches how present moment gives joy happiness and peace.
Here author says that the best way to start your day with is with a genuine smile, it can make our day happy and peaceful, because smile not only gives benefit to us but it also profits other, because our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and in joy, True smile source is awakened mind, here author says to make a reminder so that you wake up and smile, for example, set any painting in your ceiling or anything which makes you feel awesome and peaceful, put that thing in front of you so whenever you wake up you see that and feel awesome and smile.
Here author says that we people can use various breathing techniques in order to make our life more peaceful happy and enjoyable, author says that first exercise is very easy and very simple, author says that as you breathe in, say to yourself while breathing, that yes I am breathing in, I know I am breathing in and when you breathe out say to yourself that yes I know I am breathing out and I am breathing out, because of this you will recognize your breath-in as an in-breath and you will recognize your breathe out as an out-breath.
If you find that sentence too long, then you can simply recite "IN" And "OUT". This technique helps you to keep your mind on your breath. And with practice, your breath will become more peaceful and gentle and with this, your mind and body will also become peaceful and gentle. This is not at all difficult exercise it will take few minutes and with this, you will realize the fruit of meditation.
Here author says that in this busy life it is great fortune to breathe consciously from time to time, author says that we people can practice conscious breathing anywhere not only by sitting in meditation but also at workplace or at home or while driving or by travelling through bus or cabs, author says that we people learn to practice conscious breathing anywhere at any time.
The author says that there are so many techniques we can use or which can help us to breathe consciously, besides in and out techniques there are other few lines which you can practice silently as we breathe in and out.
Say that you know it's a wonderful moment.
The author says while breathing in and saying I calm my body is similar to drinking a glass of cool lemonade on a hot summer day. By saying this sentence you feel that freshness and coolness in your body and mind because it actually makes your breath calm and gentle. When you breathe out and smile it relaxes your body and muscles when you smile it means you have master yourself. Dwelling in the present moment makes you aware of your present moment makes you aware where exactly you are. It makes you aware of a wonderful moment and how joyful and happy it is.
The author says usually there is three type of feelings first pleasant second unpleasant and third neutral.
The author says that when you face unpleasant feelings, then at that type you think of running away from it, but instead of doing it you should sit down and should return to our conscious breathing and should observe it, should identify it silently in ourselves. Like while breathing in you should say to yourself that I know that unpleasant feeling is in me, while breathing out again you should say that yes I know unpleasant feeling is inside me, it would be better if you call that unpleasant or pleasant feeling with name such as anger, upset, sad, stress, happiness, joy etc. this helps you to identify that feeling clearly and deeply. We can use our breathing to connect and stay in contact with our feelings and also it will help to accept them.
Here author says that the very first step to deal with feelings is to recognize those feelings as it arises in you, author says the agent which does it is known as mindfulness, here author has given an example of fear author says when you feel that fear at that time bring out your mindfulness and loot at your fear and recognize that unpleasant feeling as fear, You understand that fear comes and springs out from you as well as mindfulness, both fear (unpleasant feelings) and mindfulness in you within you, author says that both stay not by fighting but by one taking care of other. Hence you should keep them both inside you by making them handling each other not by fighting.
Author says second way to handle feelings or transforming feelings is to become one with the feeling it is better if you don't say your fear feeling to go away, it is better to not to say go away fear I don't like you, instead of saying this it is much more effective to say hello fear, it's better to ask your fear how are you? And when you understand and realize this then you can ask both aspects to shake hands mindfulness and fear and ask both to become friends, doing this can look or seem frightening, but you must understand that you are much more than your fear, hence you don't need to be afraid, as long as mindfulness is there in you, it will for sure handle your fear. Hence do practice breathing in order to nourish your mindfulness.
You are much more than your fear, you just need to nourish your mindfulness with proper practice of breathing techniques and ways, mindfulness will handle your fear or unpleasant feelings.
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Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines (2003)
Jonathan Mostow
Writers: John Brancato, Michael Ferris, Tedi Sarafian
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Nick Stahl,
Claire Danes,
Kristanna Loken,
Released: Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Rating: Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
A decade has passed since John Connor (NICK STAHL) helped prevent Judgment Day and save mankind from mass destruction. Now 25, Connor lives "off the grid" - no home, no credit cards, no cell phone and no job. No record of his existence. No way he can be traced by Skynet - the highly developed network of machines that once tried to kill him and wage war on humanity. Until, out of the shadows of the future steps the T-X (KRISTANNA LOKEN), Skynet's most sophisticated cyborg killing machine yet. Sent back through time to complete the job left unfinished by her predecessor, the T-1000, this machine is as relentless as her human guise is beautiful. Now Connor's only hope for survival is the Terminator (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER), his mysterious former assassin. Together, they must triumph over the technologically superior T-X and forestall the looming threat of Judgment Day - or face the apocalypse and the fall of civilization as we know it.
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After dodging a federal immigration sweep in Northern California, three illegal aliens from Mexico have been arrested and charged with committing additional crimes.
The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement blamed the Golden State's sanctuary laws and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's warning that ICE officers were about to conduct a series of raids in the Bay Area late last month.
One was arrested for robbery and gun crimes. He had been released back into the community for a prior offense despite an ICE detainer request in November.
Another was busted for drunken driving, despite having been deported three times and prior convictions for false imprisonment, DUI and battery of a spouse.
A third man was arrested for corporal injury of a spouse. He had been deported twice and criminal convictions including drug possession, hit-and-run, DUIs, possessions of narcotics equipment and a parole violation.
Homan didn't have to say "we told you so," but the new offenses were entirely predictable. By opening revolving jailhouse doors for criminal aliens and defying federal immigration laws, sanctuary policies make communities more dangerous.
The Justice Department is suing California over the state's sanctuary policies and is reviewing Schaaf's actions for possible prosecution.
Congress must act accordingly. Lawmakers have the authority to withhold federal funding for sanctuary jurisdictions as Congress weighs a $1.3 trillion spending bill this week.
Money going to sanctuaries is the lowest of low-hanging fruit. It should be the first to be cut, root and branch.
TOO LATE TRUMP OKED THE OMNIBUS BILL. WE WON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE LIKE THIS WHILE HE IS IN OFFICE.
These illegal aliens who repeatedly commit punishable crimes in the US must be locked-up and treated with proper crime sentencing equally. It will at least do them a favor from coming back and forth in the US teritory and commit less crime for a certain period of years.
If only Katy's Law had been enacted, then these three miscreants would be in jail for five years, just for reentering the US illegally, again.
If only Katy's Law, first suggested by Bill O'Reilly had been enacted, then these three miscreants would be set for jail for a minimum of five years, just for reentering the U.S. illegally repeatedly.


Your child's birth father is an integral part of his adoption story, and has rights that need to be taken into account.
Like a potential birth mother, a birth father has parental rights that must be addressed thoroughly and early on in any domestic adoption plan. Each state maintains its own adoption laws, and the type of adoption you choose (agency or independent) will dictate which state's laws come into play, and how the birth father's parental rights will be addressed.
To ensure that birth fathers are treated with respect, and afforded all of the rights that exist under applicable state law, prospective adoptive parents must know exactly how the birth father's parental rights will be addressed.
In an independent adoption, the attorney representing the adoptive parents will address the birth father, his consent, and his right to notice. In an agency adoption, the agency will address these matters.
In an interstate adoption, it's particularly important to determine which state's laws will apply, as this varies according to the adoption scenario. For example, adoptive parents living in State A are working with a child-placing agency in State B. The substantive adoption law that applies in this domestic agency placement will be the law of the state where the agency operates and maintains its office. Therefore, in this scenario, the adoption laws that will address the birth father's parental rights would be those of State B. On the other hand, let's say the adoptive parents in State A are pursuing an independent adoption, and are in contact with a birth mother in State B. If they file a petition for adoption in State A, where they reside, the parental rights of the birth father would be addressed pursuant to the laws of State A.
In almost all domestic adoptions involving newborn children, it is prudent and ethical to identify the birth father prior to the child's birth, and to determine his feelings about the adoption at this stage.
The presumed birth father may be able to provide relevant social and medical history to the adoptive parents. This information, along with the birth mother's social and medical history, can become an important part of the child's permanent medical history.
Often, the adoptive parents, or the agency placing the child, must rely on the birth mother to identify the birth father. It is important that she provide accurate information about the identity of the birth father.
In rare instances, when the identity of the birth father is unknown, or the birth father's whereabouts are unknown, notice to the birth father is made through a legal procedure known as posting and publishing. A written notice of the adoption is published in a newspaper of general circulation, in either the jurisdiction where the court sits, or in the area where the birth father was last known to reside; placed on a website; or physically posted in the courthouse.
Publication may occur before or after birth, depending on the applicable court rules. (If no birth father comes forward within the posting period, say, 30 days, his parental rights may be terminated by court order.) An adoption in which the birth father's parental rights have not been addressed by the time of birth is known as an "at-risk placement." It is never appropriate to "hide" an adoption from the birth father.
Many states are "notice jurisdictions," and require that the birth father be given actual notice of the adoption plan prior to completion of the adoption. Notice is often served via a court-issued document known as a "show cause order." In some states, notice is provided through a document issued by the adoptive parents' attorney or agency. Upon being served, the birth father is given the opportunity to be heard on the adoption.
States with putative father registries give birth fathers the automatic right to notice. By registering his name and the potential mother's name, a man establishes his right to receive notice of court proceedings regarding any child who's born as a result of the relationship, including proposed adoptions or petitions for termination of parental rights. If a man fails to register, he may waive his parental rights or the right to notice.
Some states combine a notice requirement with a putative father registry, and require that the birth father be given notice of the registry and an opportunity to register. Some states require that the birth father take certain steps during the pregnancy, such as providing support for the birth mother, to ensure the right of receiving notice about the adoption. Finally, some states permit the birth mother, as an exercise of her right to privacy, not to identify the birth father at all.
Because every adoption is unique, and state laws vary considerably, and sometimes conflict with each other, it's smart to work with a lawyer who is knowledgeable about adoption — search AF's attorney listings on buildingyourfamily.com, or log on to adoptionattorneys.org.
Birth fathers, just as birth mothers, may request adoption-related counseling, and should be afforded such counseling. A birth father should also receive independent legal counsel if he wishes to consult with an attorney during the adoption process.
When the birth father is a part of the adoption plan, and is working alongside the birth mother, it is important to treat both birth parents equally. The birth father is an indispensable part of your child's adoption story, and he should be treated with respect and gratitude.
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As soon as we heard two songs from midst, we knew we needed to get in touch with them ASAP. There was something so exciting about the energy and ambiance they created that we wanted to get to know a bit deeper. With a new EP out, which you can find on their bandcamp page, it looks like what we've heard so far is just the tip of the iceberg for what we hope is a lot more to come.
First off, what are the roots of midst? How did you all come together, and what got you all onto the path towards making the stuff you do now?
Kin & Jeremy first met in school and began jamming for about a year or so until Rachel was introduced to the band. Music is a huge part of all our lives, and it just seemed like a natural process to start contributing to the very music we enjoy. Of course, we are all very inspired by similar stuff, so it just seemed right to delve into this particular music direction.
SE Asia doesn't really have a country anyone outside of the region can pinpoint musically, so what's the scene like in Singapore right now?
Singapore isn't particularly known for our music. Being a relatively young country, the arts industry is only recently beginning to flourish because of increased support from the locals. Over here, we're still trying to fight a stigma where local music is "sub-standard" compared to international music. But it's getting better. In terms of music diversity, all the various Singaporean bands can cover most of the genre spectrum, from post-rock to indie pop. Check out other great Singaporean acts like Charlie Lim, Pleasantry, .gif, and Linying.
Being in such a distinctly located country is tricky I'm sure. How are you all taking steps to get traction outside of the area? Do you find it difficult, or has the digital age finally leveled the playing field some?
Well, we'd be nothing without the digital age. Most, if not all, our hype comes from social media or music websites. We're lucky enough to be featured on a couple of international music websites, like yours in particular, or hillydilly.com. We do try to make an impact in some of the more niche music communities that exist online through mediums like Soundcloud as well.
Do you think there are misconceptions about Singapore that you all use as motivation? Like, I know some folks in the region (since we live in Vietnam) who call it "Singabore," but it seems like, at least right now, there's some amazing stuff going on not just musically, but throughout the arts.
As mentioned, it's still early days, and the arts industry here hasn't had the chance to fully flex its diverse muscles on the international stage. But you're right that there is some really exciting stuff beginning to pop up over here. A new generation of extremely talented individuals have begun to find their voice in the industry, whether it be in visual arts, cinematography, or music. It's only a matter of time before Singapore starts to grow a presence internationally.
Related to that, your music seems to create an atmosphere and landscape that reaches far beyond the realms of what was produced. Can you take us through how you all are able to create such rich tapestries?
We are heavily inspired by various movies, short films, soundtracks, and scenes in our heads. If a soundtrack to a scene can add that amount of emotion and depth, then it should be able to do so on its own as well. An essential part of our music is to design soundscapes that could evoke a visual experience in the mind of the listener. We make use of a lot of ambient sounds that we've recorded in various places, places that meant something to us or where we experienced a grand feeling.
"Wake up, O sleeper" is such an experience. Would you say the EP has a similar feel, or is there more experimentation to be heard?
Our full-length album will be a little more down-to-earth. We're planning less experimentation and more emotions.
Just to get into the production a little bit, how do you all handle the production of your work? It's some of the clearest and refreshing production and engineering we've heard from a new act in a while. Are you all behind that, or is it someone else?
That's really nice to hear! We handle pretty much everything, including both recording and production. We very much like the idea of our EP being a bedroom project; it makes us feel a lot more personal towards our own music. Our production process is a little messy – we often jump from track to track based on whatever inspiration we have on that particular day. It can get slightly inconsistent in terms of day-to-day recording quality, but we do our best to make up for it in post-production. Of course, we plan to refine this whole process when we start making the next album.
So what's next with the EP out now? Do you all plan to tour? Take a breather? Record more?
The band is actually forced to take a little hiatus for the better part of this year due to two of us being in military service. Of course, when the time comes, we'd love to start planning for live shows and making new music.


Dance Macabre shared Kablys + Club's event — listening to The Horrorist.
The band is about to embark on a headline tour of America, followed by direct support for Metallica, next winter throughout Europe.
To help my readers keep their own party demons distracted, I have compiled a list of all the Halloween parties happening this weekend.
Epidemia de Melancolia by Tony Sandoval. Death and the Maiden.
... Danse Macabre and as always praise hail Marduk!! Promo ad for the album I scanned from a magazine I own and some other interesting records.
Linda Hamilton and The Man In Blue in "Children of the Corn".


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Oppo slowly makes it way OUT of Blu-ray player and headphones Business
Sadly but one of the biggest Chinese Smartphone makers and popular audios system producers, Oppo Digital officially bows out of the business of manufacturing Blu-ray player and headphones, as of 2nd of April, 2018.
On their official Twitter page, they made the intrusive video thanking their fans and users. Well, up till date, Oppo hasn't responded to the pleas of their customers, tech websites, pleading to know the reason, why they decided to bow out of the business.
The post on its website, says, "From now on, OPPO Digital will focus our main effort on organizing and ensuring long term support for the existing generation of products. As such, we will not have the resources to develop and release new generations of products. As our latest 4K UHD players reach the pinnacle of their performance, it is time to say goodbye."
Oppo Digital has been well known US brand for almost 14-years for producing high-end audio equipment and disc players. This news is indeed a sad news for both the company and home theaters customers too.
From April 2nd, we will stop seeing the Blu-ray players, headphones, DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD disc players from Oppo Digital. The company might stop making new audio system but they promise to provide technical supports for already existing customers with equipment both in-and-out of warranty.
And will also provide firmware updates when necessary. But for newer products, the company will issue out frequent update while older products will only receive demanding updates. If you had bought their new products within 30days before April 2nd, Oppo Digital promises a refund.
The company also says, all of its devices will still be on sale until they're out of stock.
OPPO Reno launched in India with Shark Fin pop-up selfie and 8GB RAM
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Dream Midtown: A Newly Hip Manhattan Hotel
Miscellany May 18, 2015
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Midtown Manhattan can be a great place to stay (easy access to all subway lines, walking distance to famous attractions, etc.) and also a terrible place to stay (sterile hotels, hoards of tourists, proximity to Olive Garden and Red Lobster). We checked in and checked out the revamped Dream Midtown, which is now a decidedly different hotel than you usually find in the more uptight Times Square area.
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We had the chance to stay at the hotel after it had completed the first stage of its recent $20 million renovation. Dream Midtown's makeover started with all of the property's 220 rooms and the lobby being completely redesigned. The lobby has a chill, relaxing vibe (complete with a massive fish tank) that is very soothing to visitors arriving after a long journey (or day out on the town).
The rooms are not the typical beige boxes—guests sleep on a pillow-top mattress topped with feather duvets and 300-thread-count Egyptian cotton sheets, under a canopy headboard covered in vibrant fabrics. All of the rooms offer plenty of breathing room (the smallest are 220 square feet), and the suites are especially spacious, ranging from 400 to 1,500 square feet. Some of the suites even have two bathrooms, which is a luxury most New York City apartments don't even have! The en-suite bathrooms lend a spa-like atmosphere to the hotel, as they are stocked with marble showers and Dead Sea toiletries.
All rooms also have high-tech amenities like wireless charging for your phones and radios with Bluetooth capabilities.
Driving can sometimes be the easiest and fastest way to get in to New York City, but then actually having to deal with keeping the car somewhere while you explore can be more hassle than it's worth, which is why we appreciated the Dream's special parking arrangement for guests. The hotel has discounted rates available at a garage (located less than half a block away), where guests can park for just $25 for 24 hours.
The hotel's signature restaurant is Serafina, a famous Italian eatery with outdoor seating where you can grab a custom cocktail or pizza and people-watch to your heart's content. We're even more excited for the rooftop lounge which is slated to open in the summer as part of the massive renovation's second act.
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Pokrajina Sassari (v italijanskem izvirniku Provincia di Sassari [provìnča di Sàsari], v sardinščini Provintzia de Tatari [provìncja de tàtari]), je ena od osmih pokrajin, ki sestavljajo italijansko deželo Sardinija. Zavzema tudi otok Asinara. Meji na severu in na zahodu s Sardinskim morjem, na vzhodu s pokrajino Olbia - Tempio in na jugu s pokrajinama Oristano in Nuoro.

Večje občine

Glavno mesto je Sassari, ostale večje občine so (podatki 31.12.2008):

Naravne zanimivosti

Ena od zanimivosti pokrajine je Skalnati slon, to je velika skala, ki so jo vetrovi v teku stoletij izoblikovali, da je danes podobna slonu z zelo naravno obliko glave in rilca. Razen naravne zanimivosti je to tudi arheološko najdišče. V "trupu" slona je namreč izkopana ena od mnogih grobnic, ki jih tu imenujejo domus de janas, dobesedno stanovanje čarovnic. Po mnenju arheologov so te grobnice nastale med četrtim in tretjim tisočletjem pr. n. št.

Glavna zaščitena področja v pokrajini so:
 Narodni park Arcipelago di La Maddalena (Parco nazionale dell'Arcipelago di La Maddalena)
 Narodni park Asinara (Parco nazionale dell' Asinara)
 Krajinski park Porto Conte (Parco naturale regionale di Porto Conte)
 Krajinski park Marghine e Goceano (Parco del Marghine e Goceano)
 Morski rezervat Isola dell'Asinara (Area naturale marina protetta Isola dell'Asinara)
 Morski rezervat Capo Caccia Isola Piana (Area naturale marina protetta Capo Caccia Isola Piana)
 Mednarodna ustanova za zaščito morskih sesalcev (Santuario per i mammiferi marini)

Glej tudi Naravne vrednote Sardinije.

Zgodovinske zanimivosti

Mirovna pogodba v Utrechtu, ki je leta 1713 zaključila vojno za špansko nasledstvo, je dodelila Sardinijo Avstriji, a že leta 1720 je otok prešel pod Savojce. Sardinci, ki so že avstrijsko nadoblast težko prenašali, so se Savojcem naravnost uprli. Po dolgoletnem podložništvu Aragoncem in Špancem so hoteli neodvisnost in ne samo samostojno kraljevino. Proti koncu stoletja je prišlo do prave ljudske vstaje, ki so se je udeležili tisoči domačinov. Višek upora je bilo slovesno vkorakanje revolucionarjev v Sassari, največje mesto otoka, kar so ljudje naivno sprejeli kot poraz monarhije. Kar pa še zdaleč ni držalo. Savojci so upor s silo zadušili in čeprav so se jim skupine nezadovoljnežev upirale vse do združenja z ostalo Italijo (1861), je vsak protest ostal brez učinka.

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 Parchi e aree protette in Italia, Touring Club Italiano, 2003
 Lessico Universale Italiano Treccani 1968-1986

Pokrajine Italije

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The special offer we were running for the first 50 customers (A free spare blade with the purchase of a C-330-LH, heavy duty curved pruning saw) were sold out after only a couple of hours.
It was great to meet so many people and have the opportunity to let people try out the saws before they committed to a purchase.
The initial challenge was getting people to have a go when they were familiar with using the Silky brand of Japanese saws. But once they realised the quality of our saws and the identical manufacturing process (both brands use impulse hardening to give the teeth increased durability) they were won over and very few people walked away without a purchase.
The C-330-LH is the tree surgeon/arborists choice. People commented on the no-nonsense scabbard, flexible belt loop and the slightly stiffer blade making it more resistant to snapping. The orange handle was also identified as a useful feature (easy to find if dropped in a pile of tree pruning's!) along with the secure pistol grip handle.


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Live Poll: Favorite Female Voice Artists in Animated Movies
This poll has the best female voice actors from the top animated pictures of the last 20 years.Who is your favorite?
List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls044142862/
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/F1zsnhsq07k/
Ellen DeGeneres as Dory in 'Finding Nemo'
Good choice l-2
Hmm, I say Mandy Moore or Helen Hunt.
But Vanellope has to go.
Go Where? Cleveland?
Just out of appearances in movies. :/ :)
I just can't stand her... personal opinion; nobody has to agree with me. :)
joe siegel
Helena Bonham Carter in Corpse Bride!!
The Incredibumples
Flintsomps
Shrump in the 3rd
Monday Morning in Europe Bump
Safe for the bump part that could have been a great title for a movie, don't you think?..
Yeah. Could have been? Could be!
"Hello, and welcome to this edition of Made in Hollywood. We're here this morning talking with Owen Wilson and Kristen Bell about their new film, Monday Morning in Europe."
OW: "It's a very funny movie and it was a lot of fun to make; a lot of the scenes were shot on location, so we go to soak up a lot of local culture."
KB: "It's a comedy, but... it's got a lotta heart, you know? It's about more than just, lust. It's about love, and, moving on, and finding someone that, just, really completes you, you know? It's really wonderful."
I'll have you know I was a "Made in Massachusetts" edition. Did you choose Kristen for her crooked eye thingy, and Owen for his crooked nose thingy? Too distracting, Owen is out. Scott Eastwood is in. Movie will be directed by Dad. Scott Cann and Scoot McNary are co-starring. So you got it? Kristen, Scott, Scott, and Scoot. I'm gone!
https://www.imdb.com/poll/F1zsnhsq07k/
CatnipTARDIS
I'm sad Alison Brie as UniKitty in The Lego Movie wasn't an option.
I should've suggested Idina Menzel as Elsa, too! :O :)
Congratulations Ed_Jones_XLIX on your 67th live poll! As of 19-Jun-2019 9:53 PM Pacific your polls have 23,575 or more votes, for an average of 352 votes per poll.
Favorite Female Voice Artists in Animated Movies
7835th Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/F1zsnhsq07k/
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Both Sides (deutsch: "beide Seiten") ist das fünfte Studioalbum des britischen Sängers Phil Collins. Er erschien im November 1993. Es verkaufte sich insgesamt mindestens zehn Millionen Mal, erreichte Dreifach-Platin in Deutschland, Doppelplatin in Großbritannien und Platin in den USA.

Hintergrund
Both Sides wurde als einziges seiner Alben ganz von Phil Collins selbst produziert, alle Instrumente von ihm selbst eingespielt. Die Aufnahmen fanden über einen Zeitraum von sechs Wochen in seinem eigenen Studio zu Hause statt, wodurch sich auch der Klang des Albums von den anderen etwas unterscheidet. Nur Toningenieur Paul Gomershall, der beim zuvor veröffentlichten Live-Album Serious Hits Live mitwirkte und Assistent Mark Robinson, bei We Can't Dance beteiligt, halfen ihm. Die Songs fielen etwas kantiger, ungeschliffener aus. Im Booklet wird die Bedeutung der Songs erklärt. Die Texte drücken Collins' persönliche Gefühle und private Probleme aus, aber es werden auch politische Themen angeschnitten. Er hatte 17 Songs zur Verfügung, verwarf aber diejenigen, die der "zugrundeliegenden Stimmung" des Albums nicht entsprachen.

Collins sagte in einem Playboy-Interview mit Peter Jebsen vom November 1993:

Kritik
 Allmusic schrieb: "Some fans might not go along with Collins on this dark ride, but Both Sides is one of his most artistically satisfying albums." ("Einige Fans könnten Collins nicht auf seinem dunklen Ritt folgen, aber Both Sides ist eines seiner künstlerisch befriedigendsten Alben.") Dem Album wurden drei von fünf Sternen gegeben.
 Der Rolling Stone vergab 2,5 von fünf Sternen.
 Der New Musical Express schrieb: "Ermüdend sind inzwischen dieses asthmatische Synthi-Geröchel, das nach Höhepunkten schnappende Drum-Geballere und die Melodie, so wenig spritzig wie eine drei Tage offene Mineralwasserflasche."

Titelliste
Both Sides of the Story – 6:43
Can't Turn Back the Years – 4:40
Everyday – 5:43
I've Forgotten Everything – 5:15
We're Sons of Our Fathers – 6:24
Can't Find My Way – 5:08
Survivors – 6:05
We Fly So Close – 7:33
There's a Place for Us – 6:53
We Wait and We Wonder – 7:01
Please Come Out Tonight – 5:46

Verkaufszahlen und Auszeichnungen

Siehe auch
 Liste der meistverkauften durch den BVMI zertifizierten Musikalben in Deutschland

Quellen

Nummer-eins-Album
Phil-Collins-Album
Album (Rock)
Album (Pop)
Album 1993
Mehrfach-Platin-Album (Deutschland)
Mehrfach-Platin-Album (Vereinigtes Königreich)


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From Gina Cigna to Renata Scotto, forty years of Norma in a mini-discography. Part one
It is perhaps superfluous, but I have to get it off my chest: there is no such thing as objective music criticism. Of course there are criteria, but it is not science: after all, you listen to music not only with your ears, but also with your soul and your heart, and you cannot switch them off. Therefore, do not consider my mini discography as an absolute truth and, as far as possible, listen and judge for yourself.
Norma is considered the pinnacle of bel canto, but at the same time, this is a tremendous musical drama that leaves Verdi's early works quite behind and carries with it the promise of a 'Tristan'. And although it is a love story and both protagonists die a kind of 'Liebestod' at the end, love is not the heroine's only motivation. She is also a mother, a priestess, a patriot, a daughter and a friend, and to be able to express all these aspects of human feelings, you need to be more than a 'singer'.
The role of Norma was created by Giuditta Pasta, originally a mezzo, who had trained her voice upwards. Pasta was an exceptionally intelligent singer with a great stage personality and a great voice range but her technique was not optimal, which caused her voice to deteriorate very early in her career. Pauline Viardot (one of the most famous mezzos of her time) once said about Pasta: "She looks like 'The Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci – a ruin of a painting, but it is still the greatest painting in the world".
Giulia Grisi as Norma
The first Adalgisa was sung by Giulia Grisi, a soprano who also created the roles of Elvira (I Puritani) and Giulia (I Capuletti e i Montecchi), and who would later become a great Norma herself.
Gina Cigna
In the first fifty years of the twentieth century, Norma was only rarely performed. Opera history mentions only two memorable performances: in 1926 at the Metropolitan Opera (with Rosa Ponselle and Lauri-Volpi) and in 1936 at La Scala, with Gina Cigna.
In 1937, the very first (almost) complete recording of "Norma" was made: with Gina Cigna, Ebe Stignani and Giovanni Brevario, conducted by Vittorio Gui (various labels). the sound is still quite good, although obviously not optimal.
In the opera world there is a general opinion that most (Bel canto) singers before Callas were light, like canaries. This is not true. Just listen to Cigna's full, dark timbre and to her sense of drama.
Cigna approaches the role from the verist tradition and plays it heavily. There are no coloraturas, but her technique is phenomenal and her top notes firm and pure. However, she is not a real actress, thus her interpretation is far behind that of Callas (among others).
Adalgisa is sung here by the young Ebe Stignani: a beautiful, warm mezzo, much more convincing here than in all her later recordings. Giovanni Breviario is an inferior Pollione, but orchestrally this recording is, together with those of Serafin (Rome 1955) and Muti (Turin 1974), one of the three finest Normas. Partly because of this (and the particularly moving sung 'Deh! Non volerli vittime') it is well worth listening to.
Gina Cigna and Giovanni Breviario in 'Deh! non volerli vittime':
One thinks Norma, one says Callas. Rightly so, because like no other La Divina has left her mark on this role. Between 1950 and 1964, she was undeniably the best Norma. Perhaps she was the best Norma ever. She sang the role more than 90 times and recorded it twice in the studio, both times under Tulio Serafin.
The first dates from 1954 (Warner Classics 0825646341115). Callas was then at her best vocally, yet this recording does not really captivate me. I find Serafin's accompaniment downright boring, Filippeschi, despite his beautiful voice, is no Pollione of weight, and Stignani simply sounds (too) old. I also have some comments on Callas' acting. Her 'Casta Diva' seems much more a love aria than an ode to the moon goddess, which it actually should be. But her singing is phenomenally beautiful, with wonderful heights and good trills.
In the autumn of 1960, Callas insisted on recording the opera again. It is claimed that she wanted to make her comeback with it (due to all sorts of scandals, Callas had not sung for nine months). This is possibly true, but it is also very likely that her views on the role had changed so much that she wanted to record it again.
Anyway it is fortunate that she did, because her second 'official' Norma (Warner Classics 0825646340842) is in all respects superior to the first. Franco Corelli is probably the best Pollione ever: a real warlord with a very masculine voice. Certain of himself and his appearance, resolute, macho, but also loving and very, very sensual and sexy. No wonder, then, that a young priestess would fall for him. And no wonder that a woman like Norma – strong, beautiful and powerful – continues to love him, despite his betrayal.
Adalgisa is sung by a young Christa Ludwig. Not really Italian, also (for me) a bit too dark in timbre, but with so much empathy that it doesn't really matter. Callas herself is past her vocal peak and here and there she lets out a painful note, but as an actress she is absolutely unequalled. Here, too, she occasionally wants to "make believe" (the scene with her children, for example), but her intense involvement, her complete understanding and surrender – it is unique. Serafin, too, is clearly much more inspired, although I occasionally have trouble with his tempi.
Next to these two studio- recordings there are half a dozen radio- and pirate-recordings made from her live- performances. They are from London, Milan and Rome. One of them I will discuss here, because for me, this is the greatest Norma of them all! It is a registration of a performance on 29 june 1955 in Rome (amongst others on Opera d'Oro 7003).
Callas, in wonderful voice, never misses a (top) note, nor a gasp or a nuance. From pianissisimo to forte and back again, from dark to light and open, from glissando to portamento she goes on and on and all this with a great feeling for style and a deep understanding of the text. This is dramatic Belcanto singing pur sang; this is what Bellini must have had in mind.
Mario del Monaco sings a dream of a Pollione. sometimes a bit loud, but he is allowed, because he is a warrior after all. In 'Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdisti' he is audibly moved and falling in love again. Their voices melt together in the ultimate love duet which can only lead unto death.
Maria Callas and Mario del Monaco in 'Qual cor tradisti':
Serafin conducts it all with feeling for both drama and lyricism and if Stignani still does not convince me, it is only because I want to hear a soprano in that role.
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Dorota schreef:
Thank you, Basiu, for this very interesting Part I reading. Most of it is new to me; It is from this writing I learn about Pasta. And the comment of Pauline Viardot about Pasta, "She looks like 'The Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci – a ruin of a painting, but it is still the greatest painting in the world", is simply delicious. All the singers mentioned by you before Callas are names unknown to me, but thye most certainly should be known. Finally saying that Callas owns Norma because "this is what Bellini had in mind" offers the best explanation why Callas is it.
basiaconfuoco schreef:
Thank you so much Dorotko!
It means a lot for me!


Singer Kylie Minogue, who was not able to perform at the Glastonbury Festival 14 years ago due to her battle with breast cancer, will perform in the Legends slot at next year's event in Somerset.
The "Can't get you out of my head" singer follows in the footsteps of previous performers Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Barry Gibb, reports thesun.co.uk.
A festival insider said: "Kylie (Minogue) had to pull out of Glastonbury in 2005 just a month before she was due to appear so this performance will be a very emotional and poignant moment for her.
Earlier in July, Minogue also hinted about her performance at the festival saying it would be emotional for her to stand there and perform.
"'When I was supposed to do it I think I would have been the first solo female to headline in however many years it was, so I was really proud of that at that time.
"Obviously it didn't happen. So yes, it would be amazing and very emotional to be standing there and doing what I didn't get to do all those years ago, for sure," she added.


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Triangle Motors (合眾汽車) – from Shanghai to HK and from Opel to Isuzu
May 3, 2019 York Lo Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People, Transport
York Lo: Triangle Motors (合眾汽車) – from Shanghai to HK and from Opel to Isuzu
Leon Zigal and the first Opel in Hong Kong (Eagles and Dragons)
Founded in Shanghai in 1931 by Leon Zigal (1900-1962) and relocated to HK in the late 1940s, Triangle Motors has been an important player in the distribution of automobiles and trucks in HK and China for over seven decades, first as the distributor of Oldsmobile, Opel, Pontiac and GMC trucks and later Isuzu, all related to the American auto giant General Motors. The firm has been a subsidiary of Dah Chong Hong since 1962.
Triangle Motors in Shanghai – Success through Sales, Service and Satisfaction
Left: Ad announcing the opening of Triangle Motors in Shanghai in 1931 (China Press 29 May 1931: 2); Right: Triangle Motors' showroom in the French concession in old Shanghai in 1931
Leon Zigal, whose original name was Leon E. Zigalnitsky (which he still went by in the 1930s but shortened in the 1940s), was a Russian Jew who escaped from Russia to Shanghai in 1918 when the Bolsheviks seized power. In Shanghai, Zigal worked for the German firm Hartzenbusch Motor (亞德洋行), which was the distributor of General Motor's Chevrolet in Shanghai and founded in 1924 by J.H. Hartzenbusch, a former employee of Dragon Motor Car Co (飛龍洋行).
In 1931, Zigal struck out on his own and established Triangle Motors in partnership with Nelson E. Lurton (1883-1956), judge of the US Court of China in Shanghai for 21 years. At launch, he managed to secure the dealership of General Motors' Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Oakland cars in Shanghai and opened Triangle's showroom and service department at 99 Route Cardinal Mercier (now South Maoming Road) in the French concession. News reports at the time reported that "the opening of Triangle Motors during May brought into being one of the most modernly equipped garage service stations in the city". The same year, General Motors acquired 100% of Opel, the largest auto exporter in Germany at the time and Triangle introduced the brand to the Shanghai market and instantly captured significant market share with its stylish designs and competitive pricing. In 1932, the head of Opel – Dr. Wilhelm von Opel visited Shanghai to open Triangle Motors' new office in Shanghai at 310 Bubbling Well Road.
Right: News report of Herbert Hagenbeck, the son of the owner of Hagenbeck circus buying Oldsmobile Six in Shanghai from Leon Zigal at Triangle Motors. Noticed the elephant in the top right panel (The China Press: 22 Oct 1933: 12)
The logo of Triangle was a triangle with its three key elements highlighted on each side – sales, service and satisfaction. For sales, Zigal recruited a team of professional salesmen from multiple nationalities and highlighted them in newspapers. For service, he hired American mechanic R.M. McDonald as his first service manager. An organizer of Chinese Society of Automotive Engineers, McDonald did not work for Triangle for long and returned to the US in 1933. However, the firm increased its level of service next year (1934) by launching roadside assistance service on the new highway between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The combination of the first two S resulted in high customer satisfaction and sales success such as order from the Hagenbeck circus highlighted in above article in 1933 and in 1935, Triangle opened a branch in the capital at the time – Nanking at 149 Kwo Fu Road.
In 1940, Triangle Motors became a China Trade Act corporation and was incorporated with the US government as Triangle Trading Co Federal Inc USA. Unfortunately, this was insufficient to protect the firm as the Japanese launched its attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941 and business was suspended.
Triangle's ad for the 1947 Pontiac in HK (The China Mail 1947-8-16)
Triangle Motors in Hong Kong
In the late 1940s, Triangle Motors relocated from Shanghai to Hong Kong as the Civil War situation in the mainland deteriorated. After the War in HK, General Motors awarded the distribution of their different auto brands – Chevrolet and Cadillac were handled by their pre-war distributor Far East Motors, Buick and Vauxhall were handled by the newly formed China International Motors (see related articles on these two firms) and Triangle was given Oldsmobile, Pontiac, GMC trucks and Opel. The three firms were friendly with each other and in fact organized friendly soccer matches between its staff.
The original office of Triangle Motors in HK was located at Holland House in Central with F.G. Barros as office manager, H. Hui as parts manager and George Chan as sales manager in the late 1940s. By the 1950s, directors of the firm were Leo Zigal and J.F. Cahill Jr. and staff members include E. J. Noronha, S. F. Chao, D. M. Fung, E. A. G. Passos, C. W. Pang, S.S. Li, C.P. Sung, Thomas S.B. Wei (韋尚斌) and Y.Z. Stone. The Hong Kong showroom was located at Morrison Hill Road in Happy Valley while the Kowloon showroom was located at 69D Waterloo Road.
Outside of work, Leon Zigal was an active member of the American Club in Hong Kong and a bon vivant – even dressed up as a female nurse at one party. Both Leon and his wife were members of the Shanghai Jockey Club and the family's racehorse ownership continued in Hong Kong. In 1962, he died in San Mateo, California and was survived by his wife Irene Zigal (1909-1993) and sons David and Daniel Zigal (鄧思高). The same year, the family decided to sell Triangle Motors to Dah Chong Hong (hereafter refer to as DCH), the trading firm affiliated with Hang Seng Bank. DCH retained most of Triangle's staff including Thomas Wei, a graduate of St John's University in Shanghai and scion of a prominent Cantonese comprador family, who was general sales manager of the firm. Wei was a co-founder of the Bayview Lions Club (香島獅子會) and served as its president from 1968-69 and 2003-04
Dah Chong Hong ad listing all the products the firm and its subsidiary Triangle Motors represented; An Open Kadett ad posted by Triangle Motors in 1963 touting the performance of Open racecars in the 10th Macau Grand Prix that year (KSDN, 1963-11-21)
Triangle Motors sales manager Thomas Wei (right) with Fourseas Bowling manager Pau King-yin at a promotional event in 1968 where the bowling champion win an Opel (WKYP, 1968-11-5)
Triangle Motors' Kowloon showroom on Prince Edward Road in 1973 (KSEN, 1973-1-27)
In the 1960s, Triangle Motors built the Triangle Motors Building at 29 Tai Yau Street in San Po Kong. (This was re-developed by Henderson Land into Winning Centre in 1997) and a showroom was also added in the Hang Seng Bank Building in Central. In 1974, GM appointed Triangle Motors as the HK and Macau sole distributor of Isuzu (GM acquired 34% of Isuzu in 1971). By that time, DCH had four service centers in HK including showroom in 152 A-D Prince Edward Road which was added in 1973.
Triangle Motors' Isuzu showroom in 1974 (left) and today (right)
Over time, Isuzu became the main brand for Triangle Motors and under the distributorship of Triangle Motors, Isuzu has been the truck market leader in Hong Kong and has consistently captured 40-60% of the market for the past four decades. The partnership also extended to Macau, mainland China and Taiwan and major fleet customers of Isuzu vehicles in HK include HKSAR Government, CLP Hong Kong, Hong Kong Electric, Kwoon Chung Bus, New Lantao Bus, Alliance Construction Materials, Wing Lee (Kong Shum) Transportation (possible connected with Cheung Kung-wing who used to work for Triangle – see article on Public Cars), China Travel Service, Maxim´s Caterers, The Garden Company, Federal Express, HAECO, Hong Kong Disneyland etc. With two strategically located showrooms in Hong Kong and a sales force of over 40 people, Triangle Motors has the largest commercial vehicle sales team in Hong Kong.
Sources (other than those quoted above):
http://www.dch.com.hk/english/hk_pre/hk_motor/motor/isuzu/profile/index.php?sid=eba945eb0cc0e6f253c9c0aae4d9c682
Kung Sheung Daily News, 1974-5-11
Ta Kung Pao, 1962-5-3
HK Album, 1967
http://racingmemories.hk/hottopics/previous/zigal-daniel/
Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Szechuan People's Publishing House, 1995
This article was first posted on 3rd May 2019.
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China International Motors (鎧興汽車) – Distributor of Bedford, Vauxhall and Buick automobiles
Far East Motors – distributor of Chevrolet, Cadillac, Holden and Standard automobiles and operator of Avis Rent-A-Car in HK
Hua Nan Motors – HK distributor of DeSoto, Peugeot and Renault automobiles from the 1940s to 1960s
The Four Taxi Kings – Blue, Central, New and Star
Other Notable Taxicab Companies in Hong Kong before 1967
Tsan Yung Mansions, Ho Man Tin – garage and head office of the Blue Taxi Company


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Life as a famous fashion model is not all glamorous and exciting though and involves a lot of hard work and sometimes even long periods of boredom, as Sun will attest. Currently, the worlds tallest building is the sky-piercing Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE, with its 828 meters. Over the years Fairplay has grown, developing a school of its own, registering with the Alternative Learning System, and opening a cafe and sports center. But heavy hormone intake takes a massive toll on mood and general wellbeing. Six years on, massive construction operations continue at the power facilities to reduce the environmental impact of the nuclear disaster, while extensive ground cleanup operations continue in neighboring towns in the evacuation zone, to enable former residents to return to their homes. From the dilapidated Ducor hotel on the highest point in Monrovia I was photographing a city overview out a seventh-floor window with a Liberian colleague standing two feet away when a bullet passed between our heads and struck the wall behind. The figure takes on more worrisome dimensions when factoring in that the population is concentrated along the Nile on less than 4 percent of Egypts total land area. For nearly a decade, Egypt has ranked as the worlds leading importer of wheat, an indigenous crop for thousands of years. The American lobster has been surviving in the Atlantic Ocean for some 140 million years.


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) announced that their sixth season begins in October 2015.
The ABL is the only regional professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. With seven teams spanning across five countries, the ABL offers a unique experience for all basketball fans in the region.
This year, three new teams are joining the ABL – the Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Agilas, the Racal Motors Alibaba.com, and the Mono Vampire Basketball Club.
Two-time champions Hi-Tech Bangkok City looks to extend its title reign in the ABL as it guns for a third championship overall in season six. Standing in its way are last year's runner-up Westports Malaysia Dragons, semifinalists Singapore Slingers and Saigon Heat, and as well as the rest of the league with new and improved rosters.
The ABL was first founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Erick Thohir and is sanctioned by the South East Asian Basketball Association (SEABA). The ABL is committed to the development of basketball both on and off the court. Marketed as a sports and lifestyle property, the league is incorporated in Singapore with operations based in Manila, Philippines.
The league will release more information and other team's participation, including the complete schedule of games, in the coming weeks.
For more information please visit the ABL's official website at http://www.ASEANBasketballLeague.com/.
Officials of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) announce the start of their sixth season in October 2015 during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ABL is the only regional professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. With seven teams spanning across five countries, the ABL offers a unique experience for all basketball fans in the region.


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With Kazaa, TPB going legit, are illegal downloads over?
Is it the end of illegal downloading?Hard on the heels of the acquisition of The Pirate Bay by Swedish company Global Gaming Factory, Kazaa has announced it's going legit, too.
By Richard Koman for ZDNet Government | July 20, 2009 -- 10:28 GMT (03:28 PDT) | Topic: Legal
Is it the end of illegal downloading?
Hard on the heels of the acquisition of The Pirate Bay by Swedish company Global Gaming Factory, Kazaa has announced it's going legit, too. Read-Write Web notes:
For $20 a month, users will be able to download an unlimited number of songs. These songs, however, will be DRMed and in the WMA format, which will probably spell doom for the service in the long run.
Someone on these pages scoffed at the $1.9 million verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, saying something like "Who cares about downloading music? I get all the music I want - and I find out about new music - for free - through satellite and web radio."
Exactly right. Eric Pfanner's piece in the Times last week profiled European streaming services, which are reporting that listening is up and unauthorized downloads down.
"Consumers are doing exactly what we said they would do," said Steve Purdham, chief executive of We7, a service that says it has attracted two million users in Britain in a little more than half a year by offering unlimited access to millions of songs. "They weren't saying, 'Give me pirated music'; they were saying, 'Give me the music I want."'
In other words, recorded music is just data on which marketers must deliver their messages in some compelling way. You don't have to listen to Pandora to realize that visual ads in an aural medium are meaningless. But aural ads are not clickable. That points to a solution that exploits social networks to encourage people to interact with music. Getting people to embed music on their pages, getting a lot of friends redistributing, and returning all that data back to advertisers for targeted communications seems to be the way of the future.
The other issue is that someone has to underwrite web radio licensing costs. Pandora offers an annual subscription for unlimited ad-free music for $36 a year. As music moves from a product to a substrate for advertising, that starts to look pretty damn appealing.
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Joseph Brodsky gets pride of place at Keele University
Lara Kalashnikova
Brodsky's daughter, who lives in the UK, visited the ceremony at Waterstones Piccadilly.
A sculpture of the Nobel Prize-winning poet has been donated to Keele University
March 30 saw the unveiling of a sculpture to one of the great modern Russian poets, Joseph Brodsky, at the Waterstones Piccadilly Russian Bookshop. With the support of President of the Russian Poets Fund, Professor Valentina Polukhina, the bust will be exhibited in central London, before being transferred to Keele University for permanent display.
The monument to Brodsky, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987, was created and donated by the Russian sculptor Kirill Bobylev, with support from Russian Maecenas magazine, the Russian Heritage Committee, the Russian Embassy and Keele University Russian Poets Fund.
A bust of Joseph Brodsky created by Kirill Bobylev. Source: Press photo
The project began early in 2015, when Bobylev, an aspiring sculptor, took part in a St. Petersburg competition called "Joseph Brodsky: The Return" to design a monument to the writer. His design was originally going to be installed on a building facing Vasilyevsky Island, but the competition was ultimately cancelled. However, he continued working on the sculpture, exploring more about Brodsky's personality and his contribution to world literature.
"I concentrate on my subject's entire personality when I'm working on a portrait sculpture," says Bobylev. "In Brodsky's case, I spent countless hours watching interviews with him, reading his masterpieces, and exploring the way he infused his own character into his poetry. Brodsky was a huge source of inspiration for many people – myself included."
Key places in Joseph Brodskyu2019s life
Ultimately, Bobylev decided to donate his work to a place that has a strong affinity with Brodsky. Keele University's Professor Polukhina, who also supported the donation, is internationally renowned as a Brodsky specialist. She has a particular interest in bringing Russian literature to an English-speaking audience and has organized visits from Russian writers – including Brodsky himself in 1979 and1985 – to UK universities since 1976. The position of Russian Poet in Residence at Keele University, as well as the Russian Poets Fund, were established as a result of her efforts.
Brodsky will be in good company at the university, which has several sculptures of Russian authors that have been commissioned or donated over the last 50 years.
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This is my second shoot with Laura in as many days. The idea behind the shoot was to replicate a shot I had seen on video on YouTube. When I am looking for ideas, I will have a look for videos that incorporate something different that have an edge to them. This often involves the photographer doing something a little different. I watch them and wonder if I could do something similar, but use a dancer instead of a model. This presents a challenge because I cannot use slow shutter speeds. I need to increase them from 1/125th of a second (what I would use for a standard portrait shoot) to at least 1/400th to reduce motion blur to a minimum.
In this case I saw this clip on how a photograph of an archer in a woodland clearing at night with mist in the background and eerie light. The trick was it was shot on an overcast day during daylight hours! I had seen how photographers had done this before so it should not be hard for me to replicate the look. The unknown factor was the smoke/mist.
I have been itching to use actual smoke in a shoot since the start of the year, so I thought I would give it a go and roped in a few dancers. As it happens I live in a small wood so finding a glade was not a problem. We booked a date and the weather was good. There was little wind that day to blow away the smoke, just a breeze you could hardly feel.
Sara pulled out because the shoot clashed with a rehearsal and Flow was pooped so it left only Laura. In most cases I would have been fine with this, but having watched the video it required a third person to create the smoke in the background. Flow suggested Kit and after a phone call we picked him up from a supermarket not too far from where I live.
1. A test shot so the exposures are OK and the lights are in the right place. You can see that there was plenty of daylight at this time (about 8pm). I had to increase the shutter speed to 1/400th of a second instead of 1/60th for actual shoot.
You can see from the photograph the left-hand side is warm, but the right is much colder. The bluer light gives the scene a chilli look, but the main light on Laura is what you would expect if she were standing in sunlight. The light to the right created a wonderful spot of rim (edge) lighting to bring out Laura's body shape.
After Kit worked out how to light the smoke pellets, the smoke drifted across the back. We placed the pellets on a ceramic dish so there was no chance of them setting the leaf litter alight. The smoke has not been coloured. The colour comes from the way I set up the camera and then lit it. In many cases Kit ran across the space between Laura and the back light spreading the smoke.
2. One of our first shots. It looks like it is shot in the dead of night and it is pretty cold out there. Actually it was very mild and comfortable. I love the shadows that Laura's hand and foot creates in the smoke. It was working pretty well from the start.
3. Laura working the scene. It looks like she has been surprised or is being hunted by some huge ghastly monster in the woods just out of shot. Actually it was Kit and he is small and harmless unless he needs feeding. I do like the lumberjack look.
We did take a number of photographs using the lumberjack outfit, but they do not feature in this blog. I am just cherry picking. Here is what happened when the breeze blew the smoke straight at us. It was difficult to know which way it was blowing because even licking a finger to gauge its direction or looking at the leaves moving, it was hard to know where it was going to go.
4. Laura shouts, "Take the photo!". "I can't.", I reply, "I can hardly see you!". This happened on a number occasions. Fun times!
We had a quick break involving a costume change into a green dress provided by Flow. This moved the shoot up a gear because the skirt provided a sense of movement. It was also the perfect colour for a woodland scene.
5. Add a trilby (jazz hat) from my collection and sing, Laura are you walking, are you walking, Laura?
During the post processing I listened to Michael Jackson especially this sub set. It set the mood. One song in particular was played over and over, "Another part of me." There are a couple of Thriller shots too that if you flicked from one to the other, it made it look like Laura was performing part of the dance routine from the video.
6. Laura is a dream and a laugh! "Owww!"
7. Kit you make me so angry eating all of the cake! or Why did I choose to go to Birmingham? No one will understand my beautiful French accent or I them! I removed the flare from the forward facing flashgun. I thought it looked better.
8. How do you like it like ziss? The spill off the back light creates a small tunnel of light and make it look like is was placed behind the bush and not in front of it. I love the hands.
9. This shot is just perfect. The smoke is well contained and the skirt swish if adorable. Laura is lit perfectly with a charming smile too.
10. A tighter shot. I let Laura do what she wanted and then composed the shot accordingly. What I like about this photo is how her arms act as boundary between the smoke and the clear air. Laura did not look around to see what the smoke was doing during the shoot.
11. Kit comes out of hiding. I asked them to reproduce one of the moves from Sara's piece where one dancer jumps up and wraps their legs around the other's waist. This shot messes with your head because you expect Laura's leg to be where Kit's left leg is. Nice work!
12. After a few attempts we got this shot of them leaping together. Laura's hair is just crazy. In all the other shots Kit's mouth is always wide open.
13. Laura wanted to reproduce one of Sara's shots from the previous day where she flung her hair back. I positioned her so the forward facing light was right behind her head. This was the end result.
For the shoot I used a full-frame camera with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens throughout. The camera was hand held. The lighting set up for most of the shoot is below. The octobox had an orange CTO (correction tungsten orange) gel over it. The white balance was set to tungsten on the camera. This resulted in Laura being lit with the correct colour temperature (daylight) and the other lights had a colder blue appearance.
The camera was set to ISO 1600, f/4 and 1/500th of a second. Next time I may boost the power of the main light so I can dial down the ISO and purchase radio triggers when I can afford them.
The smoke was created by smoke pellets used for testing chimneys and extractor fans. They gave about thirty seconds worth of smoke. I was a little concerned that they would not produce enough smoke for this kind of shoot. Other photographers had advised using smoke bombs used by paint ballers. The pellets were much cheaper and, as you can see, produced enough smoke. It was also a blessing that they only lasted for thirty second when the breeze blew the smoke right at me. I always knew we would have clear air pretty soon.
The second set up used the lighting configuration below. The back light is pointed backwards to light a Laurel bush behind Laura. If it were not there that corner would be dark and empty. The large softbox was placed behind a tree.
14. This is the end result using this lighting set up. By this time it is about 10pm. It was pretty dark under the tree canopy, but not too dark outside of the wood.
15. A static shot without any smoke.
We called it a wrap around 10pm because the camera was having problems focusing. I tried illuminating her with a torch, but even that was insufficient. We had plenty of great shots to work with. You cannot be greedy and I wanted to have a look through our work before I dropped Laura and Kit off home. More to the point Kit wanted to eat some cake.
At my computer we were looking through the photographs and Kit offered Laura some Victoria sponge cake. She only wanted a small piece. She broke a piece off and it was gone in the blink of an eye! Someone was also in need of cake. I had fed them before the shoot. Laura must have burnt off a lot of calories.
Most of the post processing was done in Lightroom. A bit of cropping, lens correction adjusting exposure. There were spots of daylight breaking through the gaps in the canopy so a gradient filter was placed over the areas and the exposure reduced so most of them disappeared. The brighter ones were removed using Photoshop.
Photoshop was then used to bring out the detail in the smoke and Laura's skirt. In most cases sharpening too. I had to remove the light stand of the back light and Laura's black top where I could. I enhanced the flare from the forward pointing light and remove the odd bit of lens flare.
16. Here the light to the right of the shot did not fire. It works on a line of sight system and I was too far forward. I still like the shot.
17. Once again the light to the right of the shot did not fire. I still got the desired shot. This was inspired by another creative dance photograph I had seen, but we put our own mark on it. Laura's foot is touching a tree. A friend suggested a wooden stake would make her look like a slayer from Buffy the vampire slayer.
This was one shoot I had been looking forward to for a while. To be able to do it and for it to work so well was a triumph for me. The end result was not quite the same as the photo that inspired this shoot, but I do not want my work to look like an exact copy of another photographers. I did like combining various photographic techniques in one shoot.
Laura did a great job and made all of this happen. I cannot forget Kit who jumped in to fill in the gap left by Sara and Flow. He was rewarded by being fed (he had not eaten all day and was very hungry). Without him this would not have worked as well. He also kept us going with a tub of sweets that Laura loved.
18. Another outtake. Another time when the smoke blew into the dancers. A shame. You can see how much light was coming through the tree canopy and therefore it was not that dark outside when we shot this.
The whole shoot was really quick fire. We discussed and idea, I framed the shot and Kit created the smoke. Laura then improvised once I said, "Go". She went from pose to pose in quick succession whilst the smoke was there. She was wonderful! It is rare for me to take so many unique shots with one dancer.
Thanks again to Flow for the loan of the dress. It was perfect and made Laura look gorgeous! The whole evening was bags of fun.
19. Why is everyone shouting? , LOUD NOISES!
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